Business Support

CERT has been developing and delivering business support projects that assist micro, small to medium sized and social enterprises for the last 10 years. CERT has pioneered test trading models to assist entrepreneurs to escape the benefits trap and developed successful social enterprises that deliver triple bottom line benefits.

CERT has a dedicated and professional team that are SFEDI accredited, Institute of Business Advisors(IBA) trained business advisors, qualified trainers who have experience of running their own businesses. Therefore they understand the issues that you face on a day to day basis and the impact of running your own business.

We believe that business support should meet your specific needs and therefore our staff will seek to help you find solutions that are relevant to you rather than refer you to scheme after scheme.

CERT was one of the first organisations in the Humber to attain the Customer First quality standard for providing excellence in business support, a standard that it has upheld over 5 years.

CERT offers a range of tailored support the covers:
• Business Planning
• Sales and Marketing
• Finance Planning
• Book Keeping
• Costing and Pricing
• Company Formation
• Employing Staff
• Financing Your Business
• Tax, National Insurance and VAT
• Trading within the law
• E-Business and online marketing

CERT offers a range of services some of which are subsidised by public grants or are free of charge. Call for more details or contact us online.